Watering device for cattle



H. C. RASSMANN. WATERING DEVICE FOR CATTLE.

APPLICATION men APR. 29, 1918.

1,384,346. Patented July 12, 1921.

WITNESSL IS: V HYVENTOI? durmw M Attorneys UNITED.

ATES PA E T E-1 I nuqo'o; itnssivrnnmor BEA ER print, Wisconsin;

wn'rnnine mivionron CATTLE. p p p Patentedfluly 12,1921. Application filed "April 29, 1918. Serial No. 231,464. 7 i

To all whom it may ooacern:

. Be it known that I, Huoo G. RASSMANN,

a citizen of the; United States, and, a resident ofBeaverzDam, in the county of Dodge andState of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ateringDevices for Cattle; and I do hereby declare the: followingto bexa full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appe'rtainsto make and use the same;

This invention relates to improvements in watering devices for cattle,one objectrof the invention being: to so :construct V the valved fount that the force of the .flow'of water shall be broken before being, discharged into the bowl, and so that a supply connection to the fount can be readily drained.

A further objectis to provideanimal op erated means mounted in; the bowl for can;

trolling the valve of the fountjand to so mount said animal-operated means that: the

same can be readily moved out of operative relation to the valve of the valved fount.

With these and other objects in view; the invention consists incertain novel features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forthand pointed-out in the claims. a, y f

I11 the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of a watering device showing an embodiment of my invention,

and Fig. 2 is a plan view. 1 represents a fount havlnga chamber 2 therein for the accommodation of a valve cage 3,-said fount being also provided with I a duct or supply passage 4 adapted at one end for the reception of a suitable supply pipe (not shown) and adapted at its other The top of the valve cage 3 is provided with a seat for a valve 6, the stemof this valve passing downwardly through the cage and through the bottom 7 ofthe latter,ter- 'Ininating an appreciable distance below said specificationof Letters Patent.

spring bearing against the top portion of bottom. cIntermediatefof its ends, within the cage 3, the valve stem 8 is provided with acollar 9 which ,forms a bearing for one end of a 0011 spring -10,- theother end of said,

the cage and serving normallyfto retain the 1.1

valve 6 on itsseat.

The fount 1 is provided arm or bracket .11, the lowerend of which maybe formed with altoe 12.}with whicha plVOt pHh 13 is connected so, as, to projectw laterally in opposite directions therefrcnn.

Thispin serves as a pivotal supporter, hinge pin for a bowl 14,- -said bowl being pro vided at one end with parallelextensions 15:

which partiallyembrace the arm or bracket 11 and are suitably perforated to receive the ends of the pivotpin 13.. Theperforations which recelve said pivot pin are preferably.

made in the form of elongated slotsl'l mahde in thelower portions of the extensions 15 and open at their lower ends so that the bowl may beliited ofi .thepin 13 to remove'it from its support; a

zont al position by means of alatchil8,

which, in the present instance,- is madej in,

the form of a double-hooksuitably braced and pivotally attached to the depending arm or bracket 11 so that it-will engage the rear,

are mounted,the platform portion of this lever being normally disposed a comparat vely short distance above the bottom of the bowl. The platform lever is provided near its pivoted upper end with a rearwardly projecting arm or finger 22, the end portion of which is normally disposed under the downwardly projecting end of the valve stem 8. It is apparent that when an animal depresses the platform lever the valve 6 will be raised from its seat and water will be permitted to flow into the bowl. As soon as pressure shall have been removed from the platform lever, the valve 6 will be promptly returned to its seat and the platform lever caused to assumeits normal position, by the action of the spring 10.

It is sometimes desirable to so adjust the animal-operated means thatthe same canwith 3 a depending.

The'bowl '14 r d a horil not be manipulated to open the valve. To

accomplish this, is simply necessary to raise said'lever slightly and move its PIVOT? pin from one end of the slots .19 to the depending portion at the otherends ofsaid slots, thus moving the arm-22 of. the platform lever out of line with the depending end of the valve stem.

Slight changesmight be made inthe details of construction ofmyinvention without departing from" the spiritthereof orl imit' ing its scope,jand hence I do not wish tO restrictmyself to" the*precise-" details herein i v ters-Patent is:

animal-operated lever ,cooperable with the valve of the'valved fount,-and means for pivotally' supporting said animal-operated lever ateither of said separatedmountings, whereby said lever-may besupported in the bowl in operative relation to the valve of of operative relathe valved fount or out tion to said-valve.

"2. In awater1ng; device, the combination with a 'fo'unt, avalve therefor, and a bowl to receive water from the fount, of an ani maloperated lever provided with a valveoperating part normally disposed in opera tive relation to said valve, said lever provided with pintle's, and the bowl provided with separated mountings for's'aid pintles, whereby the leve'r' may be supported in the bowl in operative relation to the valve or out of operative relation to said valve. 1

3. In a watering device, the combination with a fount and a bowl supported under the same, said fount having a'horizontal supply duct in its upper portion, a discharge spout at its lowerportion and a valve chamber intermediate of said supply duct and dis charge spout and laterally removed from the latter, of'a; valve cage in said valve closing downwardly on said seat, a stem chamber'provided atits upper end with a valve seat and closed at its lower end, a valve I for said valve projecting through-theclosed lower end of the valve cage'and depending below the same, a spring for seating said valve, and an animal-operated lever in the bowl and cooperable with said valve stem;

4. I-n awatering device, the combination with "a valved fount having its valve'stem depending below thesame, of albowl mounted under the fountandaprovided:inaits:side walls with slots having dependingiportions at theirwends, and anvanimal-operated lever pivotally =mounted normally in the depending, portions vat one end of the respective slots and having: an armnormallydisposed under the depending :valve stem of the va'lve fount, saidl lever being :adapted to be moved so that it will be'mountedin, the depending? portions'of the other ends of said "slots'and hold said lever out of operative relationto the valve stem. 1

ing witnesses; I r a V 1 HUGO o. RASSMANN;

Witnesses: l p 4 H. R. RIT-TER,

A. B. CHANDLER.

In testimony whereof I-have. signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib- 

